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Vol. 16 No. 25 | Monday
March 13, 2017 |
It’s
been just over two years since December
1, 2014, when Dr. Alexis von Hoensbroech
took the reins as Board Member Products
& Sales of Lufthansa Cargo AG.
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(Abu
Dhabi) As IATA’s Annual Airline
Cargo Meeting, now branded World
Cargo Symposium, kicks off in Abu
Dhabi today, March 13, amidst a
gaggle of press, glitz, and enough
back-to-back and belly-to-belly
sessions (some running concurrently
over a three-day period) to induce
vertigo or maybe even nausea, FlyingTypers
looks to the day that counts at
this event above all the others.
On Tuesday, March 14, everybody
is in the same room at the same
time for the Opening Plenary. Good & Plenary The
Opening Plenary is always the compact,
most incisive information feed of
this event. It offers the usual
suspects, which this year includes
local UAE dignitaries, host airline
Etihad CEO Jim Hogan, IATA officials,
and others delivering twenty-minute
reports and position presentations. Who We Are On The Half Shell In
most cases, these presentations
offer cameo-type glimpses of the
many private sessions—a kind
of ‘who we are’ glimpse
minus the grittier ‘what we
think’ conversations that
occur in the ‘members only’
events IATA conducts. A Clear Voice We
look to a non-IATA member who is
in Abu Dhabi this week and always
seems to be out front, putting facts
and figures into the words most
often repeated after any conference
he attends. On The Marco Reports In
a place where ‘what have you
done for me lately?’ can often
translate (at least amongst the
airline chieftains) into ‘why
the hell am I here?’ there
is Marco Bloeman, (above) Senior
Vice President of Seabury, the Netherlands-based
aviation, aerospace, maritime, and
financial services company. He is
a clear voice of reason, delivering
wisdom and words to savor and offering
the maximum WCS takeaway. The Seabury View Here
are some views from the Seabury
year end (2016) report. The Constant Is The Rule “Some
things,” Marco Bloeman said,
“won’t change. We expect
emerging markets will continue to
outperform developed markets in
terms of growth. Air Cargo Wake Up Call “For
the air cargo sector, there will
be good news and bad news. High Flying USA Airlines “U.S.-based
carriers can expect to enjoy some
relief as currency exchange headwinds
will continue to stifle currency
effects as well as by an increase
in air freight capacity. |
“Several seminars around the world were held to better understand the needs of the customers and create an engaging user experience,” stated a press release as Swiss World Cargo unveiled a revamped http://www.swissworldcargo.com. Changes include expanded shipper-friendly features, like Track ‘n’ Trace. Appearance is clean, slick, and even includes the latest commentary from the media in a ‘social media feed’ feature that looks for all the world like “Trip Advisor Comes To Air Cargo.” So far, the social feed is all about the website itself. Looking ahead, it will be interesting to see if (God forbid) SWISS has a service issue and someone writes about it, that social feed content gets by the Swiss WorldCargo website editor. If you have three-and-a-half minutes, there is a video that can be viewed here. Geoffrey |
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At
presstime Flying Typers
learned that Gareth Joyce, President
Cargo, Delta Air Lines will take
on global responsibility for airport
customer service worldwide (above
and below wing) in addition to his
role as President Cargo. |
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